El Monte
The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition | Date: 2008
El Monte , city (1990 pop. 106,209), Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1912. A residential, industrial, and commercial city in the San Gabriel Valley, El Monte manufactures furniture, electronic equipment, semiconductors, chemicals, and plastic and metal products. The population has increased by more than 40% since the 1970s, diminishing the walnut groves the city is known for. El Monte was founded in 1852 by westward-bound pioneers on the Santa Fe Trail .
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The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition 2008
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Landscape shifting as big lots make way for multiple homes.(Spotlight On El Monte)
Los Angeles Business Journal; 12/1/2003; Biddle, Rishawn; 607 words
; OLD El Monte and its latest incarnation can be found side by side along McGirk Avenue. On a three-quarter acre lot across from an Arco station sits a one-story home. Next door is a similar-sized parcel with a four-home development. Instead of the spacious back yards that recall El Monte's roots as
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El Monte manager ready to retire
Whittier Daily News; 2/21/2006; Araceli Esparza; 477 words
; EL MONTE - After nearly 46 years in the workforce, 30 of them with the city of El Monte, City Manager Juan Mireles is retiring. "I've been working since I was 14, and I feel like I've put in a good amount of time working, and now I need some rest," said Mireles, who will turn 60 this year. "I need
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Artist commissioned to capture the history of El Monte
Whittier Daily News; 2/18/2006; Araceli Esparza; 532 words
; EL MONTE - Art Mortimer is researching El Monte's history, quirks and characteristics, and he'll document his findings in plein-air, with coats of paint and a variety of intricate designs. Mortimer, a Santa Monica-based artist, has been hired to create a mural near the heart of El Monte - outside
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New El Monte leader no stranger to town
Whittier Daily News; 7/6/2006; Nisha Gutierrez; 474 words
; EL MONTE - James Mussenden says his relationship with El Monte began long ago, but he never thought it would last the best part of a half-century and fulfill his ambitions. "I remember El Monte as a kid, my father would take me to El Monte's Legion Stadium in the 1950s," Mussenden, 56, said. "I
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Teams pitch El Monte for development.
San Gabriel Valley Tribune (West Covina, CA); 3/23/2006; 432 words
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